Act 1, Chapter 1
"A World Lost"
"Seth!" screamed Zach, as he stood outside the rotting cottage he and a dozen other orphans called home."I found some food in the city. Get the others." He set the huge duffel bag on the ground, crouched down and unzipped it. Zach and Seth, being 15 and 16, respectively, were the oldest of the orphans. " I found an apartment building that still had power, so I looted the fridges." Zach suddenly realized that the normal backgrounds noises of birds and children playing( a rare sound in these dark times) were strangely absent.
" You guys okay?" Zach asked as he opened the door.
"Seth, what in the hell are those things?" he exclaimed as he saw his best friend surrounded by what appeared to be living shadows. " I don't know, but they did something to the others. They are all gone. They're just GONE!" Seth yelled as he swung at one of the Shadows with one of the big cypress sticks they kept as weapons. Zach grabbed his stick from the sling on his back and leapt to the aid of his friend. " Stop it, Zach. It is no use. They can't be hurt. Run for it."
Dashing out the door, Zach looked back to see both Seth and the Shadows behind them. "Where in the hell is the rest of the forest?" Zach screamed as he screeched to a halt to avoid falling into the black abyss that moments ago had been miles of forest in every direction. Zach turned to see neither Seth or the Shadows, but the remaining ground that he just seconds ago had walked on vanish. "What the hell is going on?" were Zach's last words as he tumbled into the nothingness.
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